Another bit of Launcestons history being chipped away. Considering the loss of these places in the last few years, the council should carefully think twice before each and every time they rubber stamp another place for demolition.
Invermay is important because it has retained much of its "working class" past, its modest buildings have largely remained intact, when similar suburbs in other places around Australia havnt fared so well, either being turned into industrial wastelands or filled to overflowing with Mc Mansions. Often both, in that order.
Looking into the future, housing stock will (and is already) becoming scarce in the inner suburbs (UTAS will only add speed up this process) so to demolish existing housing stock (recent residential demolitions have been approved for car yards & carparks for instance) may well be something that we will regret down the track.
This house will add to the look and feel of a future Invermay, when the industry begins to move further out, and the people begin to look for a place to live close to the CBD.
I would argue that to demolish this place would be short sighted, and fail to see its value in a future more "residential" Invermay.
Jean Chapman
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I Don't understand the mentality of our Council, who seem to give in to developers at a whim.
These types of houses are all a major part of our history and also what makes Launceston unique.
If developers keep getting their own way and keep demolishing our history and putting up multi story buildings made of glass and steel or concrete boxes, Launceston will be a small replica of other cities in Australia (which in my opinion, are ugly).
We need to retain as much history as possible, regardless of how much money is on offer from developers.
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